Saturday, 11 May 2013

This vintage wooden slat bag arrived yesterday.
(eBay find for £1.50 = $2.30)
I admit that I was a little bit disappointed that the (painted)
flower pattern on both sides
was quite faded, however, this
was easily fixed with some vintage
plastic flowers and some
paper clips.

Maybe I make something else for this bag but this will do
nicely for now. :)

1940's picnic basket, 50 pence. (= approx $0.75)I had one of these when I was a kid but it got thrown awaywhen people cleared our house after my mom passed.

1950's novelty bottle opener in teak, 25 pence.
(= approx $0.38)How could I resist this fella?! You take his head off and there you have the bottle opener.

Amazing capri pants, 35 pence. (= approx $0.55)I rarely take photos of the clothes I find because they are often wrinkly and such, in this case I make an exception because these capris makes my bum look good and the color is amazing!

Feather thingy, 20 pence. (= approx $0.30)I'm gonna attach a hair clip to this and use it in one of my OTT hair styles for a special occasion.

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Great day at the car boot sale today! (Y-day was okay.)
The first thing I see when I entered the area is a stunning
white English Bull Terrier, of course I asked for a cuddle.
(I miss my old EBT SO much!!!)
I think this bullie was some kind of lucky charm because
I did very well finding cool stuff.
What you see is just a fraction of what I managed to drag
home this weekend!

Friday, 3 May 2013

It's 23 degrees Celsius and I'm sitting in our backyard
listening to Roy Orbison, sipping on a cider and eating
strawberries.
I'm feel extremely content and accomplished since I've
been working hard in the front and back garden for two
days, cleaned the patio furniture (we saved £75 on not
have to buy a new set) done laundry, replanted most of
my houseplantsand cleaned the house before Shabbos.
Now I'm just enjoying the solitude (man's gigging) for the
rest of the evening and hoping that the weather will be
just as nice tomorrow so we can go to car boot sales.

WHO IS MISS RASCAL?

I'm a Jewish dame from Sweden who got swept off my feet by a brown eyed handsome man (musician, of course) and ended up here in the UK almost 8 years ago. I'm obsessed with the 1940's
and 1950's, my home is filled to the brim with goodies from that era.
I design and create vintage style jewelry and accessories.
In my free time I'm a magpie, I really love scouting for vintage bargains. I do try to reduce my carbon foot print and spend as little as possible, therefore I rather buy vintage and second hand. This blog is my personal space where I write about my frugal lifestyle, finds and creations. Hopefully you will be inspired to do something creative too.